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>> it hatches been a week this his tennessee on the part of obama and week residents maybe you should have ended. the coverage is good but i think that's not the right question. >> july and august bloody months. bloodiest of this war shofar. compared to sri vietnam relativ small in numbers. people read the newspapers and don't like to see the troop lotses. drive your enemy to withdraw mare troops, withdrawal their he have dpoerts who has been in afghanistan for many, many weeks. he's talking about the media coverage sayi saying the questi isn't more troops or less troops? are we fighting connor ter rifrm. one thing president obama is another thing. this is a complicated problem. if persons aren't paying attention the milk is not going to be here. it's political, interesting,>> we have to take a break we have extras available to you including some of the sir ritted discussion. you can see it after the show on fox news catch trshg v >> a week long obama thon she never -- then a world aide liesers and jokers converge on the new york go to down. all next on news joint. ♪ 'cause they're
>> it hatches been a week this his tennessee on the part of obama and week residents maybe you should have ended. the coverage is good but i think that's not the right question. >> july and august bloody months. bloodiest of this war shofar. compared to sri vietnam relativ small in numbers. people read the newspapers and don't like to see the troop lotses. drive your enemy to withdraw mare troops, withdrawal their he have dpoerts who has been in afghanistan for many, many weeks....
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obama's week. later, who dat? nfl tried to corner the slogan. is it legal is sort it all out. >> bill: barack and a hard place segment tonight let's bring in monica crowley and alan colmes to address the best and worst of obama's week. what say you. >> you would define obama in some case by the people who oppose him. the people who oppose him at the pea that's right. sarah palin he is lucky to have that kind of detractor. sarah palin's speech was attack speech. she had an opportunity to make a policy speech. jokes about the stuff on the hand. she clearly is not well versed and attack, attack, attack. complains about having constitutional scholar in the white house as if that is a bad thing. tom tancredo talks about literacy votes for voters. i wonder if sarah palin could pass that test. when blacks needed to do that and gave them that test in order to get them to vote and get them out of the polls is despicable. >> bill: obama gives a test for new citizens. i believe he does. >> in order to vote you need a literacy test. >> bill: tancredo, you m
obama's week. later, who dat? nfl tried to corner the slogan. is it legal is sort it all out. >> bill: barack and a hard place segment tonight let's bring in monica crowley and alan colmes to address the best and worst of obama's week. what say you. >> you would define obama in some case by the people who oppose him. the people who oppose him at the pea that's right. sarah palin he is lucky to have that kind of detractor. sarah palin's speech was attack speech. she had an...
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obama's week, a week in which he's been taking a bit of a shellacking from the governor of louisiana. bobby jindal talking up the book and taking shots at the obama white house for what he sees as posturing and a lackluster response for the gulf oil spill. >> this is the second time he comes down to the state of louisiana after the oil spill and on tv to criticize me and ironically, immediately afterwards goes out to give remarks in front of the press and his staff person wants me to stand next to him in the camera shot and governor crist moved me out of the way and i was happy to give way, they're so worried about the perception. don't worry about the politics, worry about the job done. >> jon: image and perception was more important to the president than tackling the problem that according to bobby jindal you heard there. is it true, elliss. >> i am. >> jon: is it true and did the press miss that? >> well, i think that image matters in politics, something that bobby jindal might have learned from his reputtal to the state of the union address a year or so again. >> jon: not well rec
obama's week, a week in which he's been taking a bit of a shellacking from the governor of louisiana. bobby jindal talking up the book and taking shots at the obama white house for what he sees as posturing and a lackluster response for the gulf oil spill. >> this is the second time he comes down to the state of louisiana after the oil spill and on tv to criticize me and ironically, immediately afterwards goes out to give remarks in front of the press and his staff person wants me to...
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two high profile democrats broke with president obama this week over his support for a proposed islamic community center blocks from ground zero. senator majority leader harry reid and former national committee chairman howard dean came out in favor of moving it to another location. the imam went to a three nation tour on behalf of the u.s. state department. he's expected to discuss muslim life in america and religious tolerance. it's his fourth such trip for the government. he made a similar tour in 2007 on behalf of the bush administration. joining the panel this week, wall street columnist and deputy editor bret stevens, and kim strassel and one of the issues under debate. we need the moderate muslims as allies. we have them in iraq, afghanistan and elsewhere. how do you think they'll react to the debate whether this should be at ground zero? >> i don't think it's particularly relevant how they're looking at this particular mosque controversy. i think what's really relevant is the question of muslims in america and what this mosque is supposed to represent. what this mosque is really
two high profile democrats broke with president obama this week over his support for a proposed islamic community center blocks from ground zero. senator majority leader harry reid and former national committee chairman howard dean came out in favor of moving it to another location. the imam went to a three nation tour on behalf of the u.s. state department. he's expected to discuss muslim life in america and religious tolerance. it's his fourth such trip for the government. he made a similar...
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obama's week. later, who dat? nfl tried to corner the slogan. is it legal is sort it all out. (pouring rain) i had a great time. me too. you know, i just got out of a bad relatio... it's okay. thanks. goodnight. goodnight. (door crashes in, alarm sounds) get out! (phone rings) hello? this is rick with broadview security. is everything all right? no, my ex-boyfriend just kicked in the front door. i'm sending help right now. thank you. (announcer) brink's home security is now broadview security. call now to install the standard system for just $99. the proven technology of a broadview security system delivers rapid response from highly-trained professionals, 24 hours a day. call now to get the $99 installation, plus a second keypad installed free. and, you could save up to 20% on your homeowner's insurance. call now-- and get the system installed for just $99. broadview security for your home or business - the next generation of brink's home security. call now. >> bill: barack and a hard place segment tonight let's bring in monica crowley and alan colmes to address the best and
obama's week. later, who dat? nfl tried to corner the slogan. is it legal is sort it all out. (pouring rain) i had a great time. me too. you know, i just got out of a bad relatio... it's okay. thanks. goodnight. goodnight. (door crashes in, alarm sounds) get out! (phone rings) hello? this is rick with broadview security. is everything all right? no, my ex-boyfriend just kicked in the front door. i'm sending help right now. thank you. (announcer) brink's home security is now broadview security....
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obama this week? >> oh, yeah. we -- he will have a lot more energy. he can't come out like he did. i don't know if he can win. i don't think it's in him. i think romney is a really good debeirut. >> greta: it's a town hall. i think the questions will originate more from the audience? >> i think it's a combination. but regardless, obamaha has to be on. he said he was too polite and he was taking heat for that. he won't be polite. >> but the risk for president obama, the thing that has him competitive is the fact that people like him. it's over discussed and it's true. >> greta: if he can remain likeable -- the other night, he seemed disinterested. i mean, you can like someone, but if you think the person is not interested in the job. he was detached. that's why i think the democrats were so happy. regardless of whether you think he won or lost, he had energy. he was aggressive. after the listless performance, they loved it. >> this is a much more dangerous debate because it's more spontaneous with the
obama this week? >> oh, yeah. we -- he will have a lot more energy. he can't come out like he did. i don't know if he can win. i don't think it's in him. i think romney is a really good debeirut. >> greta: it's a town hall. i think the questions will originate more from the audience? >> i think it's a combination. but regardless, obamaha has to be on. he said he was too polite and he was taking heat for that. he won't be polite. >> but the risk for president obama, the...
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>> press obama headed to martha's vineyard this week for a ten day vacation with his family. not before stumping for democrats in several key states and the president used stops in wisconsin, california, washington state ohio and florida to put the finishing touches on his rhetoric for this fall's campaign. the theme so far blame bush a link republicans to the policies of the last administration. >> they're campaign strategy is all of you have come down with a case of amnesia. they are banking on the fact that you'll forget what their agenda did to this country over eight years. >> paul: so, kim, is this the strategy they've settled on? >> well, i mean, i think republicans are banking on the fact that some agree that people will believe that obama now owns this economy and this country and that that will be one of the they think that they keep in mind when they go to the polls. democrats are going to do the blame bush thing because they need to change the subject, all right? they've got nothing out there they can actually go out and happily and proudly campaign on. the econom
>> press obama headed to martha's vineyard this week for a ten day vacation with his family. not before stumping for democrats in several key states and the president used stops in wisconsin, california, washington state ohio and florida to put the finishing touches on his rhetoric for this fall's campaign. the theme so far blame bush a link republicans to the policies of the last administration. >> they're campaign strategy is all of you have come down with a case of amnesia. they...
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some see it as a week long obama-thon, the media in step with the president's every move. is it too much? well, every president has been covered this way, patricia. some think it's been obsessive and excessive, maybe, with this president? >> well, each of these events individually were important. you can't not cover the g-20, you can't not cover-- >> can't not go on david letterman. >> and letterman had the highest ratings in four years, to the point of him being overexposed. the five sunday shows, everybody is not watching five sunday shows, the media is sensitive because they're sensitive to that, maybe bitter about it. he's talking so much because he wants his poll numbers up on health care, it's not how often he's saying it, it's what he's saying, people are not buying what he's selling and the instinct of the white house to coop repeating and and they're convinced people don't know what they think and disagreeing with what he thinks. >> a bully pulpit, where is the anti-cess for the bully pull bit. where is the opposing point of view. well, i think if you're the media
some see it as a week long obama-thon, the media in step with the president's every move. is it too much? well, every president has been covered this way, patricia. some think it's been obsessive and excessive, maybe, with this president? >> well, each of these events individually were important. you can't not cover the g-20, you can't not cover-- >> can't not go on david letterman. >> and letterman had the highest ratings in four years, to the point of him being overexposed....
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this week, obama's tour, to sell his debt reduction plans. will the tax increases be popular with voters? the trump poll factor, showing the donald at the top of the republican pact. what his popularity says about the rest of the g.o.p. field. plus, what would jesus cut as christians prepare to celebrate easter, some say that the budget cuts programs for the poor and other middle cla class, are they right?
this week, obama's tour, to sell his debt reduction plans. will the tax increases be popular with voters? the trump poll factor, showing the donald at the top of the republican pact. what his popularity says about the rest of the g.o.p. field. plus, what would jesus cut as christians prepare to celebrate easter, some say that the budget cuts programs for the poor and other middle cla class, are they right?
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that was president obama this week at a campaign stop in ohio, painting an optimistic picture of an economy on the upswing. last month's unemployment numbers no doubt helped fuel that narrative as does news this week that new home construction reached its highest level in four years. so is america on the road to recovery? let's ask economist art laffer. good to you have here. >> thank you very much, paul. >> we've got housing rebounding, we've got consumer confidence up. we've got the jobs market. it's still a mediocre jobs recovery, but at least there's some. what's going on? are we seeing a really -- finally a good rebound? >> i don't think so at all, paul. i mean honestly i don't think that's the way to describe this economy. we have the worst recovery in u.s. history when you look at the employment numbers there, you see the participation rates dropping like a stone. that's the reason the unemployment rate's not at 12% today. housing starts are off almost a zero base for the last four years, not anywhere near the average of the last 40 or 50 years per 100,000 population. now, it's true
that was president obama this week at a campaign stop in ohio, painting an optimistic picture of an economy on the upswing. last month's unemployment numbers no doubt helped fuel that narrative as does news this week that new home construction reached its highest level in four years. so is america on the road to recovery? let's ask economist art laffer. good to you have here. >> thank you very much, paul. >> we've got housing rebounding, we've got consumer confidence up. we've got...
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and as president obama gets set to make his case for four more years, our panel previews next week's democratic convention in charlotte. ♪ president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. (cheer (cheers) >> welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul gigot. republican presidential nominee mitt romney bringing down the house with that line in tampa thursday night. there's no question it was the most important speech of his career, how did he do and what did it tell about the campaign to come. let's welcome the wall street journal columnist, dan henninger, dorothy rabinowitz, kim strassel. dan one of the main goals of the convention to improve the image of mitt romney with independent voters, undecided voters. did they accomplish that? >> they most personal accomplished that, they have proven, i think, with all of the testimonials from people that mitt romney is a good person, a great guy, and even a caring businessman. now, this is a political event. so, why did they spend so much time doing th
and as president obama gets set to make his case for four more years, our panel previews next week's democratic convention in charlotte. ♪ president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. (cheer (cheers) >> welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul gigot. republican presidential nominee mitt romney bringing down the house with that line in tampa thursday night. there's no question it was the most...
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a week ago, barack obama was in south korea with he'ders of the asian nation. he failed to get a free trade agreement wex wrote the president of the united states accomplished less in that meeting and there is a weakened president, now, he's going leave negotiate yaigs to get north korea to stand down? it's going to be harder. >> we have to take one more break. coming back, hits and misses of the week. come back our hitsd misses of the week. getting an amazing like discount on a hotel with travelocity's top secret hotels. ahhh... the easy way to get unpublished discounts of up to 55% off top hotels. your fingers are quite magical. this is what it's like ahhh... getting an amazing discount on a hotel with travelocity's top secret hotels. the easy way to get unpublished discounts of up to 55% off top hotels. harpist not included. >>> time now for hits and misses of the week. >> the american people forcing the government to force us against terrorists there is a poll saying 07% of the people want profiling done at the airport. that tells me is that they understand
a week ago, barack obama was in south korea with he'ders of the asian nation. he failed to get a free trade agreement wex wrote the president of the united states accomplished less in that meeting and there is a weakened president, now, he's going leave negotiate yaigs to get north korea to stand down? it's going to be harder. >> we have to take one more break. coming back, hits and misses of the week. come back our hitsd misses of the week. getting an amazing like discount on a hotel...
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it's been tough we weeks nor obama, irs scandal and benghazi and rough week, heh? >> president obama turned 52 over the weekend applause. >> they now call him silver fox. most of the silver in the his hair was caused by fox. >> kelly: a new study released by the center important on media and public affairs at george mason university show that republicans are the only top targets for late night jokes. president obama and others in his party have provided the best material for late night gag from january to june of this year. president obama was the top dog followed by anthony weiner, only republican in the top ten was president bush and new jersey governor chris christie. that is wrap this week. thanks
it's been tough we weeks nor obama, irs scandal and benghazi and rough week, heh? >> president obama turned 52 over the weekend applause. >> they now call him silver fox. most of the silver in the his hair was caused by fox. >> kelly: a new study released by the center important on media and public affairs at george mason university show that republicans are the only top targets for late night jokes. president obama and others in his party have provided the best material for...
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president obama this week called the war in afghanistan a war of necessity. one that we have to win. a new "washington post" poll finds majority of americans see the war there is not worth fighting. bret stevens joins our panel. bret, a shocking poll. does that put a time limit on president obama freedom of maneuver in afghanistan? >> if he chooses to follow public opinion rather than leave it, it does. americans see a war that's not going well. taliban is insurgent. and election where voters were courageous and intimidated by the taliban. the question is whether this president means it when he speaks about a war of necessity, a war we have to win. on the other hand when obama talks about finishing this war, that suggests that he's looking for some kind of exit strategy. >> he rarely talks about it. >> he understands he spoke of afghanistan as the contrast to war in iraq and america has to win. he has the political capital to eare cyst his left flank urging to get out of afghanistan as if 911 never happened. >> should there be a new surge, iraq style in afgha
president obama this week called the war in afghanistan a war of necessity. one that we have to win. a new "washington post" poll finds majority of americans see the war there is not worth fighting. bret stevens joins our panel. bret, a shocking poll. does that put a time limit on president obama freedom of maneuver in afghanistan? >> if he chooses to follow public opinion rather than leave it, it does. americans see a war that's not going well. taliban is insurgent. and...
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the obama budget was up for a vote in the senate this week and voted down 99-0. and quite frankly as congressman ryan points out the obama budget does nothing about medicare and medicaid and all of the burgeoning economic problems. i want to put up an ad run this week by an in depen deb indeper pac on president obama. >> today i'm pledging to cut the deficit we in hai inheritey half by the end of my first term in office. >> broken because he hasn't even come close. >> chris: the fact is, mr. goolsbee, that under this president the debt has increased by $5 trillion or almost 50%. >> look, i don't dispute that the deficit has increased. i would say two things about that. the first is all objective analysts forget about the campaigns, acknowledge that the vast majority of the increase in the deficit some $750 billion out of the $1 trillion increase in the deficit came about from the business cycle and then the policy choices that were done on a bipartisan basis. so at the end of 2010 when both parties vote to extend the bush tax cuts everyone understood that that wa
the obama budget was up for a vote in the senate this week and voted down 99-0. and quite frankly as congressman ryan points out the obama budget does nothing about medicare and medicaid and all of the burgeoning economic problems. i want to put up an ad run this week by an in depen deb indeper pac on president obama. >> today i'm pledging to cut the deficit we in hai inheritey half by the end of my first term in office. >> broken because he hasn't even come close. >> chris:...
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. >> president obama, this week, commenting on the situation in lybia, which is only getting worse. it is also having an effect in the country, triggering rising gas an oil prices. i want to you hear what jonah goldberg, a conservative columnist wrote in "usa today," obama's libya response lacks courage and direction, and he writes, president obama's response to events in the middle east, particularly in libya, are so opaque and convoluted, it is tempting to think there is and in genius master plan there, and ingenious master plan, in effect, behind the scenes, that he has not conclude us in on. is that -- does anybody else see it that way. >> i don't know what jonah goldberg's problem is, right now. i think the president's problem is that he has now said something, he has said this man must go. and, there is a gap, as many commentators have pointed out, between that declaration and the assistance the american government is prepared to provide, to make that goal happen and the fact of the matter is, we are descending into a bloody stale mate in which muammar qaddafi will be able to
. >> president obama, this week, commenting on the situation in lybia, which is only getting worse. it is also having an effect in the country, triggering rising gas an oil prices. i want to you hear what jonah goldberg, a conservative columnist wrote in "usa today," obama's libya response lacks courage and direction, and he writes, president obama's response to events in the middle east, particularly in libya, are so opaque and convoluted, it is tempting to think there is and...
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this week is vice presidential debate but next week, president obama and romney meets in face-off on long iland. romney is planning another major speech, this time on the economy. bret? >> bret: carl cameron traveling with governor romney. thank you. there is new information tonight about how bad the security conditions were in libya prior to the deadly attack on the mission. also, there are new charges that the obama administration did not answer security calls increase security for that mission. from americans on the ground in libya. james rose listen have that story tonight in just a few moments. right now, president obama is in search of consolation and cash in california. chief white house correspondent ed henry is traveling with the president. >> reporter: raising ever more campaign cash in hollywood at a concert with stars like katy perry and jon bonn jovi he poked fun at his debate debacle in denver. >> everybody here is a professional and great friends and they perform flawlessly night after night. i can't always say the same. >> the sudden plunge in the president poll numbe
this week is vice presidential debate but next week, president obama and romney meets in face-off on long iland. romney is planning another major speech, this time on the economy. bret? >> bret: carl cameron traveling with governor romney. thank you. there is new information tonight about how bad the security conditions were in libya prior to the deadly attack on the mission. also, there are new charges that the obama administration did not answer security calls increase security for that...
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a look ahead to next week's confirmation hearing for obama nominee elena kagan and a look back at judge sonya sotomayor's first term. welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot, president obama's war plan in afghanistan suffered another setback this week when his top commander there, general stanley mcchrystal was forced to resign after comments made to rolling stone magazine regarding the president and his team. and the president says he has full confidence in the man he placed to replace him. >> we are in the midpoint of implementing the strategy that we came up with last year. we'll do a review at the end of this year. general petraeus understands that strategy because he helped shape it and my expectation is that he will be outstanding in implementing it and we will not miss a beat. >> joining me now is a man who knows general petraeus well. the director of the middle east studies program at the johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies, welcome. >> thank you very much for having me, paul. >> paul: here is the irony. the president obama, who oppo
a look ahead to next week's confirmation hearing for obama nominee elena kagan and a look back at judge sonya sotomayor's first term. welcome to the journal editorial report, i'm paul gigot, president obama's war plan in afghanistan suffered another setback this week when his top commander there, general stanley mcchrystal was forced to resign after comments made to rolling stone magazine regarding the president and his team. and the president says he has full confidence in the man he placed to...
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some see it as a week long obama-thon, the media in step with the president's every move. is it too much? well, every president has been covered this way, patricia. some think it's been obsessive and excessive, maybe, with this president? >> well, each of these events individually were important. you can't not cover the g-20, you can't not cover-- >> can't not go on david letterman. >> and letterman had the highest ratings in four years, to the point of him being overexposed. the five sunday shows, everybody is not watching five sunday shows, the media is sensitive because they're sensitive to that, maybe bitter about it. he's talking so much because he wants his poll numbers up on health care, it's not how often he's saying it, it's what he's saying, people are not buying what he's selling and the instinct of the white house to coop repeating and and they're convinced people don't know what they think and disagreeing with what he thinks. >> a bully pulpit, where is the anti-cess for the bully pull bit. where is the opposing point of view. well, i think if you're the media
some see it as a week long obama-thon, the media in step with the president's every move. is it too much? well, every president has been covered this way, patricia. some think it's been obsessive and excessive, maybe, with this president? >> well, each of these events individually were important. you can't not cover the g-20, you can't not cover-- >> can't not go on david letterman. >> and letterman had the highest ratings in four years, to the point of him being overexposed....
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that was president obama this week reacting to just one of the controversies swirling around his administration. news that the internal revenue service targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny in the 2012 election season. the latest scandal has revived partisan behavior and reinforced many people's fears about government who run amuck. joining the panel this week issues columnist and deputy editor, dan henninger, washington columnist, kim stossel, and senior editorial page writer, collin levy who has been following this story for us. what were these audits about? what were they looking for from these groups? >> well, they were looking for basically anything they could get from these groups. they wanted donor information. they wanted information about members. they wanted just about everything but the kitchen sink. and when you look at this, it really was expensive and sophisticated. of the 170 groups that were targeted, the treasury report found that about 58% of those had no -- i mean no reason for that to be happening. they were completely unnecessary. and about a third of them had n
that was president obama this week reacting to just one of the controversies swirling around his administration. news that the internal revenue service targeted conservative groups for special scrutiny in the 2012 election season. the latest scandal has revived partisan behavior and reinforced many people's fears about government who run amuck. joining the panel this week issues columnist and deputy editor, dan henninger, washington columnist, kim stossel, and senior editorial page writer,...
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they just got a deal this week from the obama administration. >> it's at 52-week high, like that it's telling them to build skyscrapers how to be energy efficient. big business. >> david: thank you, gang. that's it for "forbes on fox." have a wonderful weekend. the business block continues with cheryl casone and "cashin' in." ♪ ♪ >> cheryl: be careful what you wish for. first house republicans vote to repeal the healthcare law, now some democrats push to replace it with government run care for etch. they say it's the cheapest option. is it? hi, everybody. cheryl casone. welcome to "cashin' in." our "cashin' in" crew this week -- jonathan hoenig, tracy byrnes, john layfield and wayne rogers. wayne's new book comes out february 8, "make your own rules." get a copy of that one. we have democratic strategist malia and jamu green. great to have you both ladies on the show today. all right, wayne, would government run care for all americans save all americans money in the long run, do you think? >> well, i don't know how. in other words, they're adding $32 million people to the medicare
they just got a deal this week from the obama administration. >> it's at 52-week high, like that it's telling them to build skyscrapers how to be energy efficient. big business. >> david: thank you, gang. that's it for "forbes on fox." have a wonderful weekend. the business block continues with cheryl casone and "cashin' in." ♪ ♪ >> cheryl: be careful what you wish for. first house republicans vote to repeal the healthcare law, now some democrats push...
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president obama this week called on congress to pass legislation that would make it easier for more borrowers to refinance mortgages, creating a new program through the federal housing administration, that would have the government guarantee the new loans and assume the risks should borrowers default. this, despite a recent audit that found a 50% chance that the fha would run out of money and require a taxpayer bailout. and mary kissle joins us with more, mary, how big a threat to taxpayers is the expansion of the fha? >> it's a huge threat. fha is basically the new fannie and freddie. if it were a private company, it would be insolvent. you're looking at a company that went from 350 billion dollars worth of exposure in 2007, to over a trillion today. >> over half, close to half of all american mortgages? >> around, around a third of new single family backed mortgages. but, the government says to the fha, you have to have the 2% capital reserve and they have less than 1/2 a percent. and that's, it keeps falling every time they report. so, the idea that you would put more risk on to fha, which
president obama this week called on congress to pass legislation that would make it easier for more borrowers to refinance mortgages, creating a new program through the federal housing administration, that would have the government guarantee the new loans and assume the risks should borrowers default. this, despite a recent audit that found a 50% chance that the fha would run out of money and require a taxpayer bailout. and mary kissle joins us with more, mary, how big a threat to taxpayers is...
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. >> paul: this week on the journal editorial report, president obama's new budget, a record spending boom paid for by 2 trillion dollars in new taxes and the drone war, as the administration ramps up predator strikes against al-qaeda and taliban targets, the left begins to push back. plus, a social theory turned upside down, why crime rates have fallen as unemployment has spiked. welcome to the journal, editorial report, i'm paul gigot. president obama unveiled his budget for the 2011 fiscal year this week and despite talk of tough choices and spending freezes, the big news is a big
. >> paul: this week on the journal editorial report, president obama's new budget, a record spending boom paid for by 2 trillion dollars in new taxes and the drone war, as the administration ramps up predator strikes against al-qaeda and taliban targets, the left begins to push back. plus, a social theory turned upside down, why crime rates have fallen as unemployment has spiked. welcome to the journal, editorial report, i'm paul gigot. president obama unveiled his budget for the 2011...
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but stay tuned for muammar gaddafi bizarre response to president obama's speech this week. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: do dogs chase cats? ♪ 70's era music sfx: tires squealing ♪ 70's era music sfx: tires squealing vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. professional driver on a closed course. ♪ do not attempt at home. always wear your seat belt. ♪ and please drive responsibly. [ male announcer ] it's the most fun you can legally have. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers on the c-class. >> chris: finally tonight, after a presidential speech, a leader of the opposition party often gets to make an official response. but what to do after the obama speech this week on libya. >> and now the official libyan response to president obama's speech. >> president obama made some valid points. however, now is not the time to be discussing politics and war, not when we just lost someone very dear, liz taylor was an icon. one of the last true movie stars. this is for you,
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i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and changed and-- well, sorry, we've got to go. we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week. >> time now for hits and misses. week. >> this is a miss for the michigan supreme court, this week over the okays of governor rick snyder, put a union-promoted initiative on the november ballot that ostensibly enshrines the right to collective bargaining in the constitution. the problem with in is it's a broad and restricts the state to do anything any reform to rein in public sector costs and this is the latest background out of the reforms from wisconsin and people better start paying attention. >> paul: thank you, james. >> this is a miss for attorney general eric schneiderman, two months before an election, decide today launch an investigation of bain capital. how is that? >> it's discretion. >> the highest in the new york state is going to smear the presidential rival in the middle of an election. >> paul
i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and changed and-- well, sorry, we've got to go. we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week. >> time now for hits and misses. week. >> this is a miss for the michigan supreme court, this week over the okays of governor rick snyder, put a union-promoted initiative on the november ballot that...
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the deal will be signed during president obama's visit to moscow next week. also today, prime minister vladimir putin called on the u.s. to shelf plans for a missile defense shield in europe. correspondent dana lewis reports the russians are linking that issue to negotiations for a new strategic arms treaty. >> a high-level government source says next week when president obama meets russian president dimitry medvedev they will agree to slash by half existing nuclear weapons stockpiles, now about 3,000 warheads each. >> everybody seems to be talking about 1,500 as a court comfortable number for both days. going deeper, it raises questions. >> the russian president, who in his sid yo blog, downplayed theence of his relationship with president obama. president dimitry medvedev knows that although the country's past presidents had a personal rapport, relations have declined on par to the cold war era. president obama says he wants to tell the russians the cold war is over and accused prime minister putin, who holds the real power here, of living in the past. >> i
the deal will be signed during president obama's visit to moscow next week. also today, prime minister vladimir putin called on the u.s. to shelf plans for a missile defense shield in europe. correspondent dana lewis reports the russians are linking that issue to negotiations for a new strategic arms treaty. >> a high-level government source says next week when president obama meets russian president dimitry medvedev they will agree to slash by half existing nuclear weapons stockpiles,...
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this is the third leg of president obama's week long trip it asia, to strengthen u.s. ties in the region. he's set to meet with the president tao and hold a town hall meeting or discussion, if you will, with university students. major garrett is live in shanghai with the news. major, this is a significant visit with a lot at play, right? >> absolutely, julie. welcome to monday morning in shanghai, rainy, windy and colder than expected. the president hopes to have some kind of free flowing engagement with chinese students described as future leaders in china at the museum of science and technology here in shanghai and tomorrow, days after that, meetings with president hu and other top chinese leaders as you mentioned china owns more u.s. debt than any other nation, a huge economic power here in asia, number one with north korea dealing with its pursuant of nuclear weapons and a client of and business partners of arainions, any future sanctions against iran obtaining nuclear weapons have to with china and any binding treaty reducing greenhouse gases and putting together
this is the third leg of president obama's week long trip it asia, to strengthen u.s. ties in the region. he's set to meet with the president tao and hold a town hall meeting or discussion, if you will, with university students. major garrett is live in shanghai with the news. major, this is a significant visit with a lot at play, right? >> absolutely, julie. welcome to monday morning in shanghai, rainy, windy and colder than expected. the president hopes to have some kind of free flowing...
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fresh from accepting his nobel peace prize, president obama heads to copenhagen next week, the site of the largest united nations climate change conference in history. considered by many
fresh from accepting his nobel peace prize, president obama heads to copenhagen next week, the site of the largest united nations climate change conference in history. considered by many
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president obama officially launched the re-election bid this week. with mitt romneyry the republican nominee and we wanted to discuss the economy and key foreign policy issues with a man many republicans want to see as romney's running mate, florida senator rubio who joins us from family. senator, welcome back to fox news sunday. >>guest: good morning. >>chris: president obama kicked east campaign this weekend saying that voters face a choice between his agenda of reform and the old republican agenda. >> they time they want bigger tax cuts for the wealthiest americans. this time they want even deeper cuts to things like education and medicare. and now after a long and spirited primary, republicans in congress have found a nominee for president who has promised to rubber stamp this agenda. >>chris: romney has endorsed the house budget which called for more tax cuts for the wealthy and more spending cuts for programs for the poor and middle class. >>guest: well, the president does not have a budget. and neither does the congress. neither does the senat
president obama officially launched the re-election bid this week. with mitt romneyry the republican nominee and we wanted to discuss the economy and key foreign policy issues with a man many republicans want to see as romney's running mate, florida senator rubio who joins us from family. senator, welcome back to fox news sunday. >>guest: good morning. >>chris: president obama kicked east campaign this weekend saying that voters face a choice between his agenda of reform and the old...
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at president obama last week. the congressman responded and reacted late this afternoon. >> i believe today was a low day in terms of how the political process -- and this truly was a game of no meaning, and so now we need to put this behind us, and every person should work for health insurance reform. bret: what about this vote today and what about the issue of race in opposition to president obama's policys? let's bring in our panel. steve hayes, senior writer for "the weekly standard." juan williams, news analyst for national public radio and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, first about this resolution of disapproval that passed late this afternoon. >> well, he was out of order. it was a lack of decorum. he shouldn't have done it. i suspect if it had been a different joe wilson, the husband of the outed c.i.a. agent who, was a liberal hero and martyr in the previous administration, if he had been in the house and yelled "you liar" to president bush, the liberals would have carried him on their
at president obama last week. the congressman responded and reacted late this afternoon. >> i believe today was a low day in terms of how the political process -- and this truly was a game of no meaning, and so now we need to put this behind us, and every person should work for health insurance reform. bret: what about this vote today and what about the issue of race in opposition to president obama's policys? let's bring in our panel. steve hayes, senior writer for "the weekly...
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support for the measure came weeks after president obama first declared that libyan strong man muammar qaddafi must go. we are back. we have dan and kim and joining us is board member matt kaminski. is it too late, matt? >> they really cut it choose. troops are about a hundred kilometers and they waited until the absolute last minute. it wasn't in thanks to the u.s. it was the french that pushed us here. they made it harder to succeed. even a week ago we had a no-fly zone. if we had to arm the global government, this would have been easier to accomplish. now i think you will see it will stop qaddafi, but they say it is a cease-fire. let's talk. you may have a divided and very messy libya. >> what do you think changed the dynamics, dan? why did the u.n finally decide to move? >> they finally decided to move because as one of the rebel commanders said, the blood of the international community is on their hands. they were sitting there ready to die. they were ready to get hammered. i think the international community finally said, it has gone too far and we have to do something. people ar
support for the measure came weeks after president obama first declared that libyan strong man muammar qaddafi must go. we are back. we have dan and kim and joining us is board member matt kaminski. is it too late, matt? >> they really cut it choose. troops are about a hundred kilometers and they waited until the absolute last minute. it wasn't in thanks to the u.s. it was the french that pushed us here. they made it harder to succeed. even a week ago we had a no-fly zone. if we had to...
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. >> the problem for joe biden is how to repair obama's image from the debate last week. in the convention speech joe biden portrayed a president who was engaged, up-to-the-minute event seeker, he knows the policy issues. we saw a president unable to come forward with the detailed defenses of his positions on public policy. we saw a challenger would has never held federal office. >> he went on to say that vice president biden usually gets in trouble when he is in an interview or speech where this is not a time limit and he wonders on and on. tonight he will have that time limit so even the more conservatives folks are not expecting a biden gaffe tonight. >>shepard: we will see. that is what everyone waits for. you wait for something to go wrong when you watch anything. there are new polls showing the president and governor romney remain really close, a very tight battle in a couple of swing states and not so tight in another. according to the "wall street journal" governor romney is ahead by one point in virginia. still in the margin of error. last week the president had
. >> the problem for joe biden is how to repair obama's image from the debate last week. in the convention speech joe biden portrayed a president who was engaged, up-to-the-minute event seeker, he knows the policy issues. we saw a president unable to come forward with the detailed defenses of his positions on public policy. we saw a challenger would has never held federal office. >> he went on to say that vice president biden usually gets in trouble when he is in an interview or...
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the presidential candidates met for their second debate this week with a more spirited president obama trading jabs with republican rival mitt romney on everything from immigration to taxes. national polls show the race still very much a toss-up, and swing state surveys continue to tighten. we welcome in our panel this week. so kim, i talked to a lot of democrats this week who were elated by the president's performance. they say that the king is back. he's really rocking now. [laughter] momentum the big mo's with him. what do you think about that? are they right? >> well, i mean, the president certainly made his base thrilled with his performance at the debate. that was one of the things he needed to do. look, there's too many questions coming at the president's campaign. he needed to settle and calm those fears. yes, he succeeded at. what he did not arguably do at the debate is in any stem the damage that mitt romney inflicted in the first debate, which was to expose that he's not really running publicly with a second term agenda. and that's what independents and a lot of undecided vo
the presidential candidates met for their second debate this week with a more spirited president obama trading jabs with republican rival mitt romney on everything from immigration to taxes. national polls show the race still very much a toss-up, and swing state surveys continue to tighten. we welcome in our panel this week. so kim, i talked to a lot of democrats this week who were elated by the president's performance. they say that the king is back. he's really rocking now. [laughter]...
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ed, you said that mitt romney has won six weeks, barack obama has won three weeks. and one wiki but it's a tie. bob's tally was from the democratic side. you might see a little bit differently. you said governor romney has won two weeks, president obama won five weeks, and you rate rehoboam as a tie. >> i was stuck in fifth grade last week and i would've said last week, it was romney's week, too. so that adds one more. >> okay, let's talk about a week now concluding. one? >> obama won because of two things. he ran away with the foreign-policy debate. the other thing is that mitt romney's momentum has stalled. there is no momentum in the swing states right now. this thing is so close, i have never seen one that goes. not just here, but also when you look at these things, these races are just a reflection. they are polarized and they are sitting there, the democratic based on the republican base, they have very few undecided voters. >> honestly he got through the foreign-policy debate. he was very knowledgeable, people may think the president slightly won it. but the
ed, you said that mitt romney has won six weeks, barack obama has won three weeks. and one wiki but it's a tie. bob's tally was from the democratic side. you might see a little bit differently. you said governor romney has won two weeks, president obama won five weeks, and you rate rehoboam as a tie. >> i was stuck in fifth grade last week and i would've said last week, it was romney's week, too. so that adds one more. >> okay, let's talk about a week now concluding. one? >>...
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one year ago this week, then president elect obama promised to lead the world in negotiating a global warming treaty. it turns out that delay really is an option. this week the president acknowledged there will be no such treaty coming out of the conference in copenhagen and may not go there even though he's to accept his nobel peace prize three days after the summit begins. i'm coming on strong and saying that copenhagen is a bust, that cap and trade is dead. that the environmental movement global warming is in rapid or retreat and disarray. >> well, i don't think so. you know, copenhagen has been built up for the last two years especially after obama's election, as kind of the valhalla of climate change success and this week they've basically noticed the reality, not only are china and india not going to damage their economies and in pulling millions of people out of poverty to acquire the west's climate neurosis, but it's going to face a hard run in the united states senate as well. >> is it the end of these mega global deals on climate change? >> no, of course not. the goes to mex
one year ago this week, then president elect obama promised to lead the world in negotiating a global warming treaty. it turns out that delay really is an option. this week the president acknowledged there will be no such treaty coming out of the conference in copenhagen and may not go there even though he's to accept his nobel peace prize three days after the summit begins. i'm coming on strong and saying that copenhagen is a bust, that cap and trade is dead. that the environmental movement...
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i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and changed and-- well, sorry, we've got to go. we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it's the card for people who like more cash. what's in your wallet? i usually say that. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. there's a pop. wahlalalalallala! pepper, but not pepper, i'm getting like, pep-pepper. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, zip zip zip zip zip! i'm literally getting zinged by the flavor. smooth, but crisp. velvety. kind of makes me feel like
i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and changed and-- well, sorry, we've got to go. we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do...
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do they have a revolving door for eric: i'm going through a checklist of president obama's week so far. a game of basketball. a round of golf -- make that two rounds of golf, check. dinner with the wife, of course. check. tennis, anyone? i heard he's playing tennis as well. check. how about a terrorist lighting his underwear on fire and trying to bomb 300 people over detroit. check. allall right. we are going to turn it over to michelle malkin, a syndicated columnist. what about it? has mr. obama done the right thing staying in hawaii playing golf, having dinner with his wife, maying tennis, and a little basketball, what do you think? >> i think it's fair game to question why he's not back in washington. this is a man who told the american people the other day that he would not rest in his fight against the war on terror, and yet there he is. he's got another full four days, eric, before he returns to washington, and it would seem to me that team obama, which prides itself on its appreciation of symbolism, might want to have their commander in chief back in the white house instead of p
do they have a revolving door for eric: i'm going through a checklist of president obama's week so far. a game of basketball. a round of golf -- make that two rounds of golf, check. dinner with the wife, of course. check. tennis, anyone? i heard he's playing tennis as well. check. how about a terrorist lighting his underwear on fire and trying to bomb 300 people over detroit. check. allall right. we are going to turn it over to michelle malkin, a syndicated columnist. what about it? has mr....
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>>chris: senator udall we will get to romney's plan in a moment, but, first, obama's plan, this week on the campaign trail, he was brandishing and we can see it here, the glossy brochure that he said is his agenda for the next four years but it states goals like create a million manufacturing jobs by 2016 and cut net oil imports by 2020 but these are recycled targets from four years ago that he was unable to achieve the first term. >>guest: we have made a lot of progress to reaching the goals and if you look at what the president's accomplished we are moving forward. my concern and what i hear from those in colorado is that a president romney would go back to the policies of the bush administration which were to cut taxes, cut regulations and run under the debt. that isn't going to work. president obama is making the case over this last nine days about what he would do if he is handed a second term and he would builds on the successes of the last four years. we trapped the president into an airplane that was headed to the ground at mach speed and he has righted, now, the airplane. we
>>chris: senator udall we will get to romney's plan in a moment, but, first, obama's plan, this week on the campaign trail, he was brandishing and we can see it here, the glossy brochure that he said is his agenda for the next four years but it states goals like create a million manufacturing jobs by 2016 and cut net oil imports by 2020 but these are recycled targets from four years ago that he was unable to achieve the first term. >>guest: we have made a lot of progress to reaching...
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. >> paul: this week on the journal editorial report, president obama's new budget, a record spending boom paid for by 2 trillion dollars in new taxes and the drone war, as the administration ramps up predator strikes against al-qaeda and taliban targets, the left begins to push back. plus, a social theory turned upside down, why crime rates have fallen as unemployment has spiked. welcome to the journal, editorial report, i'm paul gigot. president obama unveiled his budget for the 2011 fiscal year this week and despite talk of tough choices and spending freezes, the big news is a big boom in new spending, including 25 billion dollars for states for medicaid and 100 billion for yet another jobs stimulus, all financed by record deficits and 2 trillion dollars in tax increases. joining the panel, deputy editor, dan ettinger. mary o'grady and senior economics writer steve moore. >> so, steve, the scott brown election in massachusetts was supposed to be sending a message about fiscal restraint against the growth in government, but this budget doesn't show that. what is the white house calc
. >> paul: this week on the journal editorial report, president obama's new budget, a record spending boom paid for by 2 trillion dollars in new taxes and the drone war, as the administration ramps up predator strikes against al-qaeda and taliban targets, the left begins to push back. plus, a social theory turned upside down, why crime rates have fallen as unemployment has spiked. welcome to the journal, editorial report, i'm paul gigot. president obama unveiled his budget for the 2011...
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this was word late this week that president obama has asked holder to look for alternative locations. this week new york congressman peter king introduced a bill that would prohibit the use of justice department funds to try the detainees in federal civilian courts and mr. king is the ranking republican on the house committee on homeland security. he joins me now, congressman, welcome. >> thank you, paul. >> paul: so, we got word that the white house is reconsidering holding this trial in manhattan. how do you explain the reversal? >> i think the most honest appraisal is they read the election results in massachusetts. scott brown's own polling showed over 70% of people in massachusetts were opposed to trials being held in the united states. to have the terrorist trials to be held in civilian court. that plus the detroit bombing on christmas day which the administration totally mishandled and has continued to mishandle, i think the democrats in the congress, you know, are genuinely getting nervous. i thought from day one, i said this was the most irresponsible decision any president e
this was word late this week that president obama has asked holder to look for alternative locations. this week new york congressman peter king introduced a bill that would prohibit the use of justice department funds to try the detainees in federal civilian courts and mr. king is the ranking republican on the house committee on homeland security. he joins me now, congressman, welcome. >> thank you, paul. >> paul: so, we got word that the white house is reconsidering holding this...
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i find an interesting statistic is that this week, why does obama have to appear? he's all over the television in the form of ads and we have now surpassed the amount of money spent on political ads, greater than everything spent in the last campaign and we're only halfway through this ordeal. >> he talked to entertainment tonight. >> or is it today? and no, he definitely, of course, he loves doing this stuff and he and michelle are very, very good at this and this is where he wants to keep the campaign right now. >> all right. jim, worked in the bush 41 white house as you said earlier. would you be telling this president if you were, you know, working there now, would you be telling this president, yeah, go on et, and talk to people magazine? >> sure, absolutely. and you'll get soft questions and they're kind of always friendly and also telling him to avoid the white house press corps and nobody wants to get into the belief story, for example and something we didn't have back then is twitter and social media and i went back and looked. and mitt romney has 856,000
i find an interesting statistic is that this week, why does obama have to appear? he's all over the television in the form of ads and we have now surpassed the amount of money spent on political ads, greater than everything spent in the last campaign and we're only halfway through this ordeal. >> he talked to entertainment tonight. >> or is it today? and no, he definitely, of course, he loves doing this stuff and he and michelle are very, very good at this and this is where he wants...